[Dream-Backdated]

[tetrabiblos]

[Lucy's dream seems almost mundane in how with how relaxing it is, the wizard giving a happy sigh as she sinks low into her tub, aromatic candles burning around her and a nice thick book resting within easy reach. It all seems so perfect…until the view pulls back, and suddenly there is a rather large and muscular man with the head of a panther and

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[restlessdevil]

[Zenobia just stares. What... what the hell?

Turn her back to normal! And go back to the part where she was in the tub! BACK TO THE BATHING!

[tetrabiblos]

Fear not restlessdevil, I have heard your pleas. Look out at sea, now back to me. What is it? A handful of diamonds.

Now down. Back up. The Diamonds are now Lucy!

[Specifically a very confused and wide eyed Lucy, who has not yet realized she's sitting naked in a sud filled bathtub in the middle of a beach.]

W-what in the world was that?!

[restlessdevil]

Wow! You are very gracious! Thank you! Restless devil? I guess... that sort of describes me. More like half-devil.

[She turns to Lucy.] You're back! Is there room in the tub for one more?

[tetrabiblos]

Of course. My greatest joy is to see to the happiness of ladies everywhere, which is why I hand carved the Himalayas into a massive heart shaped scratching post, just for them.

[Lucy's just going to ignore the cat right now. The sheer logic holes in this dream are enough to almost send her into an existential crises.]

Back...but..how did I even...wait, room for one more what?]

[Blinking in confusion, Lucy looks down at herself, and for a moment one can almost see the wheels turning in her head. Then everything clicks together, and she reacts about as calmly as one might expect.]

[recalls]

['Sup Lucy. It's Vanille and she's in your dream.

And she seems totally delighted.]

Oh, he's handsome, isn't he? [And then, after a moment, because she has to stop staring at the pretty kitty long enough to realize that Lucy is now diamonds:] Are you... all right?

[tetrabiblos]

Why thank you ofhappierdays for your kind words of complements. Indeed, those words mean all the more coming from a woman beautiful enough to inspire a cat to build a sandcastle empire in her honor.

[And indeed, behind him rises up a life sized empire made entirely of sand, filled with all sorts of crabs, starfish, and snails going about their days dressed in dapper Victorian wear.

Lucy, however, does not seem to share the Old Mage Cat's good cheer. Rather, she has somehow managed to project an aura of exasperation despite the fact that as a pile of inanimate objects such a feat should by all rights be beyond her.]

I've been better. Though at least no one destroyed my clothes this time

[recalls]

[CCCC: Oh, stop. You're going to make her blush!] A sandcastle emp-- [Whatever she was going to say about it is cut off, and Vanille is struck speechless momentarily. Quite a feat, as she's one of those girls who almost never stops talking. She lets out a high gasp of surprise and claps her hands together delightedly.] That's amazing!

[Lucy speaks, and Vanille feels guilty, having momentarily forgotten her in the face of such a wonderful creation. She motions toward the pile of Lucy.] Ah, do you think you could turn her back?

[tetrabiblos]

[But making a beautiful lady blush is just one of the many beneficial side effects of Old Mage]

Why yes, it is, but rest assured ofhappierdays, it is only amazing because it was inspired by an amazing woman. Monocle smile!

[Wait...where did he even get a cat sized monocle...]

No need to concern yourself with that narrator type person. It is simply that when a Cat needs a monocle, it responds to his need. Now then, Worry not ofhappierdays, because if you look to my highly toned abs, then over to the diamonds, you will find they are not in fact diamonds, but a confused Celestial Spirit Mage.

No I'm not, you turned me into-

[Oh, wait, no, she's back to being a woman. Well that's a relief. Of course, she could do without the cat suit]

This is why people neuter cats!